What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Research Computing at Cleveland Clinic position at Cleveland Clinic?
Key responsibilities
Cleveland Clinic Research is looking for a seasoned professional to serve as the Director of Research Computing, leading teams to conceptualize, strategize, deploy and support desktop computing, cloud computing, and high-performance computing for the Cleveland Clinic scientific research community.
In addition to supporting hardware and software acquisition and maintenance for Cleveland Clinic researchers, the Director has a leading role in understanding the day-to-day and intensive computational needs of the biomedical research ecosystem; developing specifications for high performance and cloud computing and deployment of research computing systems; engaging with institutional leadership and internal stakeholders in clinical biostatistics, AI/ML, bioinformatics, modeling and simulation, predictive analytics, omics, and imaging research; appreciating healthcare system operational and cybersecurity constraints; supporting research data management activities across a range of activities from open science to commercialization; and ultimately, balancing end-user needs for enabling capability and efficiency of research computing workflows with enterprise-wide and local, regional, and national compliance requirements.
Successful candidates will have a background in strategic planning and working with systems administrators, engineers, IT managers, and vendors for the deployment of networked computing/IT resources across server and workstation technologies to support biomedical research. Experience in communicating strategic plans to research leadership and other IT leaders is fundamental to the position. This is a full-time managerial leadership position, and the director is NOT expected to develop or grow their own biomedical research program.
Requirements
- A Ph.D. or M.D. in an area of biomedical research or computer science with experience in applications in biomedical research.
- Ability to lead highly technical, multidisciplinary teams to support computational infrastructures and services (current team of 20 personnel to support over 2000 users). Requiring: Proficiency in Internet/general network fundamentals.
- Aptitude for customer-oriented service with experience to tackle challenges of a fast-paced research environment.
- Knowledge of and expertise in operations compliant with institutional, local, regional and national Cybersecurity requirements is important, including host and network-based security, system and patch management, system logging, data transfer protocols, DNS, and related topics.
- Expertise with contemporary desktop, cloud, and high-performance computing architectures sufficiently flexible to meet the computational needs of a sophisticated and diverse research community.
- Keen interest and the agility to follow and implement emerging computing technologies for use by the research community (examples AI/ML, quantum)
- Exceptional capability and collaborative spirit to engage with diverse stakeholders and to inform and communicate policies.
- Capacity and mindset to establish and implement computational strategies and infrastructure to meet dynamic scientific and biomedical research needs, including development of budgets and programmatic plans.
Candidates should submit a statement of qualifications responsive to the above requirements, a curriculum vitae, and the names of at least three references to SearchResComputing@ccf.org.
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